How do you give…

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Currently still working from home (mainly) when someone leaves, moves across to another department, etc., Ive never quite known how much to give?
I thought about £3-4 depending on how well,I knew them but I spoke with a colleague just the other day who said she’s putting in a tenner! This is someone who has moved across to another Team.
Am I tight or is this rather generous??

I do a tenner for someone I know well (and like), but nothing for people I don’t. It seems a bit silly to chuck a token amount at someone whose name I vaguely know.

I jokingly said I wanted a leaving gift when I was moving teams. It genuinely was a joke because who buys gifts for people moving teams in the same company?!

Judging by those who contributed, I'd say it was around £7-10 each. I'd known them a long time though (long enough to think they'd know I was joking!)

I usually do an e-card and a gift card donation for people who are actually leaving but still want people to sign the card even if they don't want to give any money. It's the card that matters, I think.

Probably a tenner for people I work closely with or in my department. Otherwise I don't or I'd run out of funds - some departments have high turnover and I'm not giving all my disposable income to people I have never interacted with or barely know. I sign their cards though.

We don't do leaving collections for people moving departments.

If it makes you feel better, we sometimes get people just chuck coppers into the collections. I know many people only put in £1-2, so I don't think you're a Scrooge.